John Dewey: On Education (1929) | English Subtitle
"I am not here to knock going to college. If a young person has the opportunity to go and has the character and intelligence to take advantage of it, it is a good thing. But going to college is not the same as getting an education, although the two are often confused. A boy or a girl can go to college and get a degree, not much else. On the other hand, a boy or a girl in the shop, factory or store can get an education without a degree, if they make up their mind to it. They have to want to learn, they have to be willing to talk to those wiser than themselves to be observing to keep their ears and eyes open and to set apart some time every day to read. They have to struggle harder than those who go to college. But if they are willing to make the effort, the struggle gives them power. They get their education from contact with the realities of life and not just from books."
John Dewey, 1929